Cops and Dogs Cops and Dogs
In California, as in most states, any election aftermath involves a wan hunt for silver linings. As always, it's hard to find them.
Mar 9, 2000 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Crazed Cops, ‘Fallen Heroes’ Crazed Cops, ‘Fallen Heroes’
Those endless wars on crime and drugs--a staple of 90 percent of America's politicians these last thirty years--have engendered not merely our 2 million prisoners but a vindictiv...
Jan 27, 2000 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
‘Finality’ or Justice? ‘Finality’ or Justice?
Remember the bizarre daycare center "ritual abuse" trials of the eighties--the McMartin case in Los Angeles, the Little Rascals case in Edenton, North Carolina, the Kelly Micha...
Sep 18, 1999 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Trials of the Millennium The Trials of the Millennium
As New York City braces itself for the trials of two sets of police officers accused in the injury of Abner Louima and the death of Amadou Diallo, perhaps it's time to cull a lis...
Apr 21, 1999 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Parents and Police Parents and Police
David Dinkins, Susan Sarandon and other celebrities got the headlines, submitting to arrest at New York's One Police Plaza to protest the death of unarmed Amadou Diallo at the h...
Apr 8, 1999 / The Editors
When Cops Are Killers When Cops Are Killers
"Justice for Amadou Diallo!" has been the rallying cry throughout New York since four police officers gunned down the unarmed West African immigrant as he stood outside his apartme...
Feb 18, 1999 / Angela Ards